Letterfrack and the President's trees

See The Wood From The Trees presents an arboreal history of Ireland

BY KERNAN ANDREWS Galway Advertiser, Thu, Aug 16, 2018

These stools were made from trees donated by Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D Higgins, to Letterfrack GMIT.

TREES AROUND Áras an Uachtaráin, which were felled by storms, and subsequently gifted by Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D Higgins, to Letterfrack GMIT, are now the subject of a new book - See The Wood From The Trees.

See The Wood From The Trees, by Marion McGarry and Dermot O’Donovan - both staff members of the National Centre of Excellence for Furniture Design and Wood Technology, GMIT Letterfrack - and published by Connemara publishing company Artisan House, also details the history of trees in Ireland and the transformation of Letterfrack Industrial School into the GMIT campus.

The book includes a foreword by President Higgins, an introduction by architect and broadcaster, Duncan Stewart, and the inclusion of the poem, 'The Farmleigh Tree Alphabet' by Theo Dorgan. it is available in a hardback edition, a special limited edition, and a 'special de luxe' limited edition.